DETROIT - Ron and Kay Wilmers of Lapeer, MI are the founders of The Disabled Traveler, a website dedicated to helping people with disabilities and/or age related challenges enjoy traveling. Ron’s experience began in 1977 when he was confined to a wheelchair but never let it keep him and his family from enjoying camping. The
DETROIT - Yan Ness is the CEO of Online Technologies, a company with long connection to Gary Baker and the Internet Advisor. Once upon a time, Online Tech was the ISP that Gary Baker ran and was the way that he and Foster Braun met. Foster called to get help with his connection to the
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host Detroit Dirt founder Pashon Murray as the keynote speaker at its fourth annual West Michigan Sustainable Business Conference on March 14 at Cathedral Square Conference Center in downtown Grand Rapids. The half-day event will bring together regional sustainability practitioners from business, government, non-profits and academia
FARMINGTON HILLS - If you are an accredited investor, and would like to review four possible investments, Great Lakes Angels invites you to its pitch night Feb. 25 at UHY Advisors. The meeting is open to member and non-members alike. Accredited investors earn $250,000 or more each year, or have a net worth (excluding their
YPSILANTI - James Smith, currently president of Northern State University in South Dakota, was named the new president of Eastern Michigan University on Friday. Smith will begin his duties on July 1, the start of the university's new fiscal year. He succeeds Susan Martin, who retired in 2015. Smith has been president of the university
FERNDALE - Linda Daischendt, founder of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, talks about the four Mobile Monday chapters in the state, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Detroit and Lansing, with more in the works. Anything to do with mobile and wireless technologies is featured at these events. Some focus on how mobile technology impacts various
FERNDALE - Is software patentable? Yes, according to attorney Andrew Basile Jr., managing partner of Young Basile, an intellectual property law firm based in Troy, but with offices in Ann Arbor, Chicago, and Silicon Valley. Basile is joined in the conversation by Keith Schonberger, an associate in the firm’s Troy office. Schonberger concentrates his practices
FERNDALE - Patrick Anderson, founder of the Anderson Economic Group, talks about his spin-off company, Supported Intelligence, that has brought to the world data analytics software that looks at highly risky ventures where multiple factors can impact business performance. Supported Intelligence has just published the results of a study that looks at Cannabis use around
FERNDALE - Rachele Downs, vice president of entrepreneurial strategies for Inforum, kicks off the new Inforum monthly segment on M2 (Squared) TechCast by interviewing Andrea Livingston, President and Co-Founder of Grit Design and sizzlepig, a software as a solution photo package that allows web designers to edit photos on the fly. Ford Motor Company and
DETROIT – The Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office and Mobile Technology Association of Michigan are partnering to create an on-going virtual trade show that aims to provide opportunities for the connected vehicle community to actively engage and develop business relationships. MTAM will accept responses to this forum through February 19th. After that date MTAM
